The play-party in Indiana
Subtitle: a collection of folk-songs and games, with descriptive introduction and correlating notes
By: by Leah Jackson Wolford, M.A.
Contributors: Indiana Historical Commission.
Series: Indiana historical collections -- v. 4.
Publisher: Indiana historical commission
Published: 1916
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Play-party; Folk songs, English -- Indiana; Indiana -- Social life and customs
Table of contents: title: Part 1 – the Play-Party and its Environment; title: The Play-Party in Indiana a Generation Ago; title: The Play-Party in Indiana at Present; title: Part 2 – Play-Party Songs and Games; title: Introductory Note; title: Glossary to Part 2; title: List of Games (over 55 games are described, with lyrics, music notation, description of the ‘dance’, and some background information); title: Traces of British Influence in Play-Party Melodies; title: Part 3 – Classification of Play-Party Games; title: On the Basis of Age of Players; title: On the Basis of Dramatic Features; title: On the Basis of Dance Formation; title: On the Basis of Geographical Location; title: Bibliography